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How Did India’s Women Cricket Team Beat Zimbabwe? 🏏

In New Delhi, India’s women cricket team played against Zimbabwe.

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Key Points

5 points

India won by four wickets.

Deepti Sharma scored 49 runs.

Niki Prasad scored 39 runs not out.

Zimbabwe’s top scores were 42 by Kelis Ndhlovu and 43 by Sharne Mayers.

India chased the target in 15.4 overs (15 overs and 4 balls).

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Zimbabwe scored 114 runs, and India needed 115 to win.

Deepti Sharma scored 49 runs and Niki Prasad added 39 runs without getting out.

Their partnership of 82 runs helped India recover after early wickets fell.

India reached the target with 26 balls remaining, winning by four wickets.

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9 words

wicket

a way a batter can be dismissed

over

six balls bowled by the same player

dot ball

a ball where no runs are scored

stumping

getting a batter out by removing the bails while they are out of their safe area

boundary

a hit that reaches the edge of the field for extra runs

counter‑attacking

playing aggressive shots after a setback

review

asking officials to check a decision again

leg before wicket

when the ball hits the batter's leg in front of the stumps and would have hit the stumps

third umpire

an off‑field official who uses video to help make decisions

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